TY - JOUR
T1 - Duration of pneumoperitoneum on chest radiograph after open colorectal surgery
AU - Shatari, T
AU - Clark, Matthew
AU - Keighley, Michael
PY - 2004/3/1
Y1 - 2004/3/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Postoperative pneumoperitoneum on a plain chest radiograph is a potentially important medicolegal document of possible complication. However, pneumoperitoneum may be observed without significance after intra-abdominal procedures. METHODS: Between April 2001 and March 2002, 204 consecutive open laparotomies for colorectal surgery were studied. Sixty-three patients had 97 chest radiographs taken before the twenty-fifth postoperative day. RESULTS: Only one patient had subdiaphragmatic air (height >20 mm) on the tenth postoperative day associated with a visceral perforation. Normal subdiaphragmatic pneumoperitoneum was observed on 11 films in 8 patients (13%). Small amounts of air (
AB - BACKGROUND: Postoperative pneumoperitoneum on a plain chest radiograph is a potentially important medicolegal document of possible complication. However, pneumoperitoneum may be observed without significance after intra-abdominal procedures. METHODS: Between April 2001 and March 2002, 204 consecutive open laparotomies for colorectal surgery were studied. Sixty-three patients had 97 chest radiographs taken before the twenty-fifth postoperative day. RESULTS: Only one patient had subdiaphragmatic air (height >20 mm) on the tenth postoperative day associated with a visceral perforation. Normal subdiaphragmatic pneumoperitoneum was observed on 11 films in 8 patients (13%). Small amounts of air (
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U2 - 10.1007/s10151-004-0047-7
DO - 10.1007/s10151-004-0047-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 15057586
SN - 1128-045X
VL - 8
SP - 27
EP - 30
JO - Techniques in Coloproctology
JF - Techniques in Coloproctology
IS - 1
ER -